Omaha daily bee., 1887-03-25
"LOST LOUISIANA"
Mines that are Making Towns in the
southern Country.

Southern Country.
BEAR CRY, Ark, March 1S.-[Corres-
pondence of the BEE. From camp to
hamlet, to village and to town, and how
we write 1t Bear Cityl All in ten days
run and the quartz mills gong on free
milling ever discovered. There's some
thing of rush to these scenes, with Ne
braska parties frequently lnterspersed
and transactions, with them at least,
possibly not without interest to many of
you readers. New discoveries at the
Lost Louisiana" mines lead to more
general exploration and in them found
much general deposit in free milling ores
in gold and the region alive in every in
creased activity; there's the boom of
dynamite, the discharge of giant and
of black, as the developments go on,
while the ringing of the hammer comes
cheerly rs drills go deeper and rocks,
town and mountains severed in pene-
trating the fastness of the treasurers de-
post. Free milling gold Is found in
largely paying quantities with excitement
great and the country in much general
uproar, consequent to such discovery.
Here a town is being built as if by
magic. We have telephone connection
with telegraph connections to all the
world, the right of railway secured and
the work being performed. Buildings
and improvements are everywhere, busl-
ness blocks frequent, hotels common,
saw-mlls completed smelters erected,
quartz mills active, transactions IN real
estate without limit, town lots skyward,
values in all relations rapidly ON the ad-
vance and all things booming.
&. w. Sheppard and G.. G. Chapln, of
your state, have bought up the town,
fairly, though S. Il. Race and w. g.
Thompson-the original "Bill' Thomp-
of Rlverton, are suffered to complete
saw, lath and single mills and carry
equal parts in general merchandise, with
John ID. Fulton in ten acre purchase in
the northwest corner of the lodge, and
j. G. Childs to occupy the same, and each
from Rlverton, while Orson Hager, of
Bloomington, smokes his pipe from the
shaft of the Lost Louisiana, and George
Burke, G. G. Grove, l.. E. Arnold, and
mer, from Exeter, and NJ. s. Murtln, of
Stella, Whit such fragrance as may be
waited and rejoice IN the possessions of
Arkansas. Nebraska is not only well
represented but, perhaps, shows such
body of representative men here as is
difficult to find in any chance assem-.
blage in the world. Be this as it may.
these individuals are up to their eyes in
business. and if any good is to come from
the condition, each is ticketed for full
share.
Indications point to the building of an
important town at Bear City. 1t is six
teen miles west from Hot Springs, in the
direct line of all popular transit to Indian
territory, the center of the Bear noun
tain mining district, surrounded by the
best defined mineral belt and most cele-
brated mines of the country, and pos
sessed in every first requisite for the pur-
stantly being made and the locations
pronounced in every reasonable promise.
mines, none may doubt The country
will pay to explore and the condition to
investigate. Residence and investment
are sure to follow in such instance. and
when the advantages in climate and op-
portunity are considered it is no marvel.
People can work here the year through;
there are no snow blockades, blizzards or
like inclement visitations; as l write,
| gardens are being made; the grass
at home; radishes. lettuce and
onions furnish first relshes in new crops;
| there are no snow banks left in the fence
corners, none on sight on the mountains,
neither does winter "linger in the lap of
spring" 1t is good country to come to
and Bear City promising place to settle.
| Houses can be secured and fortunes made
rs readily here as any other spot on the
face of the globe. In all relations there
is the most encouraging prospects, but
just now the principal excitement relates
TO the recent discovery in free milling
ores in gold, and so abundantly found
here. That the Bear mountain milling
district will become a principal attrac-
ton among circles of such interest is be-
yond question, Bear City being IN the
center of such desirable field, cannot
help to become an important factor in the
more material prosperity Of the country.
MARION LEE.